Bitzer (family name)
Bitzer is a mainly to the Swabian Jura of common family name .
origin of the name
There are various explanations about the origin of the name. The first says that the name is derived from the town of Bitz, which is located on the Swabian Alb, and thus refers to a resident of Bitz. The second explanation goes back to the Middle High German home designation biziune / bizune or Old High German bizuni, bizunna and later bizuni, bizni to bitzi with female sex: the Bitzi.
The third theory is the Roman name for a cistern "pucio" ( Italian puzzo) . In the Alemannic tribes it became "butzio" and later Bütze. The German word “puddle” is also derived from it.
In addition, the Middle High German bitze is used for tree garden or grass garden. There are also corresponding locality and field names from which the name could then be derived.
In the Rhineland (Rhein-Sieg district), a small river (the Bitze) or several places ( Bitze in Morsbach ) are the namesake.
variants
Variants are u. a. Bitze, Bytzer, Bizer, Bitzi and Bützer.
frequency
The name Bitzer is particularly common in its various variations in southern Germany. Bitzer ranks 2508th among the most common names in Germany. In the phone book entries (as of 2006) the name "Bitzer" appears 1354 times, "Bitzi" 250 times and "Bizer" 131 times across Germany. The spelling “Bitzer” is mainly used in the southwestern German-speaking area ( Baden-Württemberg ), while the variant “Bitzi” can only be found in the Swiss-speaking area.
Name bearer
Bitzer
- Billy Bitzer (1872–1944), American cameraman
- Donald L. Bitzer (* 1934), American electrical engineer (plasma screen)
- Eberhard Bitzer (1927–1963), German journalist
- Emil Bitzer (1902–1973), German bank director and local politician
- Friedrich von Bitzer (1816–1885), Württemberg State Councilor and politician
- Jochen Bitzer (* 1965), German screenwriter
- Margot Bitzer , engraver and stamp artist
- Matthias Bitzer (* 1975), German artist
- Philipp Bitzer (1785–1853), German local politician, MdL Nassau
Bizer
- Andreas Bizer (1839–1914), German mechanic and industrialist
- Christoph Bizer (1935–2008), German Protestant theologian
- Daniel Bizer (* 1992), German actor
- Emil Bizer (1881–1957), German painter
- Ernst Bizer (1904–1975), German theologian
- Johann Bizer (* 1960), German data protection expert
- Peter Bizer (* 1942), German journalist and book author
Bitzi
- Ivan Bitzi (* 1975), Swiss athlete
- Trudi von Fellenberg-Bitzi (* 1954), Swiss journalist and author
Individual references and sources
- ↑ Home book "650 Years of Bitz", 1982.
- ↑ Bitz local chronicle from 1910.
- ↑ Who stabbed the money